Nancy Mitford
Nancy Mitford
Nancy Freeman-Mitford CBE, known as Nancy Mitford, was an English novelist, biographer and journalist. One of the renowned Mitford sisters and one of the "Bright Young People" on the London social scene in the inter-war years, she is best remembered for her novels about upper-class life in England and France and for her sharp and often provocative wit. She also established a reputation for herself as a writer of popular historical biographies...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth28 November 1904
running real thinking
Twice in her life she had mistaken something else for it; it was like seeing somebody in the street who you think is a friend, you whistle and wave and run after him, and it is not only not the friend, but not even very like him. A few minutes later the real friend appears in view, and then you can't imagine how you ever mistook that other person for him. Linda was now looking upon the authentic face of love, and she knew it, but it frightened her. That it should come so casually, so much by a series of accidents, was frightening.
running baby food
the test of a cook is how she boils an egg. My boiled eggs are fantastic, fabulous. Sometimes as hard as a 100 carat diamond, or again soft as a feather bed, or running like a cooling stream, they can also burst like fireworks from their shells and take on the look and rubbery texture of a baby octopus. Never a dull egg, with me.
running cutting luck
An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.
fella late matthew minutes past precisely quarter saying six uncle
Twenty-three and a quarter minutes past," Uncle Matthew was saying furiously, "in precisely six and three-quarter minutes the damned fella will be late
home writing paper
When the loo paper gets thicker and the writing paper thinner, it's always a bad sign, at home.
wings people mind
And Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly.
kings royalty glory
Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?
adversity shields
Sisters are a shield against life's cruel adversity.
marriage children intimate-relationships
Always remember, children, that marriage is a very intimate relationship. It's not just sitting and chatting to a person; there are other things, you know.
travel ants sides
One thing about tourists is that it is very easy to get away from them. Like ants they follow a trail and a few yards each side of that trail there are none.
girl may aphorism
Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry,
dog bird taught
Chickens are cheerless birds, I advise you to keep geese which can be taught to follow like dogs, one needs all the companionship one can get in these days.
people age
nothing makes people crosser than being considered too old for love ...
children waffles able
Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away.